Battle of Tornio (1918)

The Battle of Tornio refers to a battle within the Finnish Civil War, that took place in the City of Tornio.

This article is about the 1918 Battle of Tornio during the Finnish Civil War. For the 1944 Battle of Tornio between Nazi Germany and Finland, see Battle of Tornio.

Battle of Tornio
Part of Finnish Civil War

Fallen Swedish Soldiers in Tornio
Date6 February 1918
Location
Tornio, Finland
Result White victory
Belligerents
Finnish Whites
Swedish Brigade		 Finnish Reds
Russian Garrison
Commanders and leaders
Friedel Jacobsson †
Kurt Wallenius
Aarne Heikinheimo
Tauno Juvonen  †
Mikko Kohonen		 Unknown
Strength
278 Whites
175 Swedish Volunteers		 Around 200 Reds
Around 450 Russians
Casualties and losses
9 in total Around 40 Dead
360 Russian Prisoners
70-80 Red Prisoners
3 executed
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